Sterilized Surgery Urostomy Flushing JP Drain Tube

Disposable pigtail drainage tube urology surgical medical drainage catheter

What is a surgical drain?

After a surgery, fluid may collect inside your body in the surgical area. This makes an infection or other problems more likely. A surgical drain allows the fluid to flow out.

The doctor puts a thin, flexible rubber tube into the area of your body where the fluid is likely to collect. The rubber tube carries the fluid outside your body.

The most common type of surgical drain carries the fluid into a collection bulb that you empty. This is called a Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain. The drain uses suction created by the bulb to pull the fluid from your body into the bulb. The rubber tube will probably be held in place by one or two stitches in your skin. The bulb will probably be attached with a safety pin to your clothes or near the bandage so that it doesn't flip around or pull on the stitches.

Another type of drain is called a Penrose drain. This type of drain doesn't have a bulb. Instead, the end of the tube is open. That allows the fluid to drain onto a dressing taped to your skin. The drain may be kept in place next to your skin with a stitch or a safety pin in the tube.

1. Made from non-toxic PVC, medical grade.
2 .Length: 125cm ± 2cm.
3. Transparent, Mist Surface is available.
4. Size: F5, F6, F8, F10, F12, F14, F16, F18, F20, F22, F24.
5. Supplied sterile in individual peelable polybag or blister pack.
6. Sterile, sterilized by ethylene oxide.